Kimberly M. Carlson

12.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
59 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Kimberly M. Carlson is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Kimberly M. Carlson has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Kimberly M. Carlson's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (24 papers), Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (24 papers) and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (10 papers). Kimberly M. Carlson is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (24 papers), Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (24 papers) and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (10 papers). Kimberly M. Carlson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Indonesia. Kimberly M. Carlson's co-authors include James Gerber, Paul West, Kate A. Brauman, Graham K. MacDonald, Lisa M. Curran, Gregory P. Asner, Nathaniel D. Mueller, Simon N. Trigg, E. S. Cassidy and Robert Heilmayr and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kimberly M. Carlson

55 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Leverage points for improving global food security and the environment
    2014 587 citations Paul West, James Gerber et al. profile →
  2. Greenhouse gas emissions intensity of global croplands
    2016 506 citations Kimberly M. Carlson, James Gerber et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  3. Committed carbon emissions, deforestation, and community land conversion from oil palm plantation expansion in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
    2012 342 citations Kimberly M. Carlson, Gregory P. Asner et al. profile →
  4. The role of supply-chain initiatives in reducing deforestation
    2018 330 citations Éric F. Lambin, Holly K. Gibbs et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  5. Effect of oil palm sustainability certification on deforestation and fire in Indonesia
    2017 243 citations Kimberly M. Carlson, Robert Heilmayr et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kimberly M. Carlson United States 28 2.0k 1.8k 593 567 534 59 4.4k
Dominic Moran United Kingdom 43 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 665 1.1× 623 1.1× 608 1.1× 155 5.8k
Jessica A. Gephart United States 33 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 475 0.8× 523 0.9× 218 0.4× 77 5.0k
Markku Kanninen Finland 38 2.7k 1.3× 3.1k 1.7× 741 1.2× 478 0.8× 403 0.8× 170 6.9k
Eva Wollenberg United States 33 1.4k 0.7× 2.4k 1.3× 464 0.8× 423 0.7× 932 1.7× 108 5.5k
Holly K. Gibbs United States 21 1.3k 0.6× 2.7k 1.5× 324 0.5× 261 0.5× 463 0.9× 41 4.4k
Kyle Frankel Davis United States 41 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 753 1.3× 855 1.5× 819 1.5× 91 5.6k
Jefferson Fox United States 40 1.6k 0.8× 3.6k 2.0× 366 0.6× 528 0.9× 830 1.6× 126 5.9k
Thomas Kästner Germany 42 2.5k 1.2× 2.9k 1.6× 670 1.1× 1.9k 3.3× 367 0.7× 96 7.0k
Tek Maraseni Australia 45 1.4k 0.7× 2.8k 1.5× 509 0.9× 1.5k 2.6× 603 1.1× 304 6.8k
Thomas Koellner Germany 39 1.2k 0.6× 2.5k 1.4× 319 0.5× 1.2k 2.1× 357 0.7× 107 4.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carlson, Kimberly M., et al.. (2025). Does palm oil really rule the supermarket? An assessment of three Western supermarket chains. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2(4). 41001–41001.
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Garrett, Rachael, et al.. (2024). How well does the implementation of corporate zero-deforestation commitments in Indonesia align with aims to halt deforestation and include smallholders?. Environmental Research Letters. 19(4). 44054–44054. 2 indexed citations
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Villoria, Nelson B., Rachael Garrett, Florian Gollnow, & Kimberly M. Carlson. (2022). Leakage does not fully offset soy supply-chain efforts to reduce deforestation in Brazil. Nature Communications. 13(1). 54 indexed citations
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Gollnow, Florian, Federico Cammelli, Kimberly M. Carlson, & Rachael Garrett. (2022). Gaps in adoption and implementation limit the current and potential effectiveness of zero-deforestation supply chain policies for soy. Environmental Research Letters. 17(11). 114003–114003. 14 indexed citations
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Carlson, Kimberly M., et al.. (2022). The role of third-party audits in ensuring producer compliance with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification system. Environmental Research Letters. 17(9). 94038–94038. 5 indexed citations
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Lee, Janice Ser Huay, et al.. (2020). Does oil palm certification create trade-offs between environment and development in Indonesia?. Environmental Research Letters. 15(12). 124064–124064. 33 indexed citations
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Carlson, Kimberly M., Jenny A. Hodgson, Colin J. McClean, et al.. (2019). Testing the benefits of conservation set‐asides for improved habitat connectivity in tropical agricultural landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(10). 2274–2285. 28 indexed citations
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Fan, Yuanchao, Ana Meijide, David M. Lawrence, et al.. (2019). Reconciling Canopy Interception Parameterization and Rainfall Forcing Frequency in the Community Land Model for Simulating Evapotranspiration of Rainforests and Oil Palm Plantations in Indonesia. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 11(3). 732–751. 19 indexed citations
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Jia, Xiaowei, et al.. (2019). Plantation Mapping in Southeast Asia. Frontiers in Big Data. 2. 46–46. 2 indexed citations
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Lambin, Éric F., Holly K. Gibbs, Robert Heilmayr, et al.. (2018). The role of supply-chain initiatives in reducing deforestation. Nature Climate Change. 8(2). 109–116. 330 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brauman, Kate A., Lijun Zuo, Kimberly M. Carlson, et al.. (2018). Progress towards sustainable intensification in China challenged by land-use change. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Garcia‐Ulloa, John, Kimberly M. Carlson, Paul R. Furumo, et al.. (2018). Environmental governance to mitigate oil palm impacts to biodiversity. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 43 indexed citations
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Zuo, Lijun, Zengxiang Zhang, Kimberly M. Carlson, et al.. (2018). Progress towards sustainable intensification in China challenged by land-use change. Nature Sustainability. 1(6). 304–313. 217 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Christine S., Kimberly M. Carlson, Santiago Vianna Cuadra, et al.. (2018). Balancing tradeoffs: Reconciling multiple environmental goals when ecosystem services vary regionally. Environmental Research Letters. 13(6). 64008–64008. 18 indexed citations
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Carlson, Kimberly M., Bethany Coulthard, & Brian M. Starzomski. (2017). Autumn Snowfall Controls the Annual Radial Growth of Centenarian Whitebark Pine ( Pinus albicaulis ) in the Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 49(1). 101–113. 6 indexed citations
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Noojipady, Praveen, Douglas C. Morton, Wilfrid Schroeder, et al.. (2017). Managing fire risk during drought: the influence of certification and El Niño on fire-driven forest conversion for oil palm in Southeast Asia. Earth System Dynamics. 8(3). 749–771. 21 indexed citations
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Garrett, Rachael, Kimberly M. Carlson, Ximena Rueda, & Praveen Noojipady. (2016). Assessing the potential additionality of certification by the Round table on Responsible Soybeans and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. Environmental Research Letters. 11(4). 45003–45003. 71 indexed citations
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Carlson, Kimberly M., James Gerber, Nathaniel D. Mueller, et al.. (2016). Greenhouse gas emissions intensity of global croplands. Nature Climate Change. 7(1). 63–68. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Swick, Michelle C., Sonia K. Morgan‐Linnell, Kimberly M. Carlson, & Lynn Zechiedrich. (2010). Expression of Multidrug Efflux Pump Genes acrAB-tolC , mdfA , and norE in Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates as a Function of Fluoroquinolone and Multidrug Resistance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55(2). 921–924. 173 indexed citations
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Asner, Gregory P., Roberta E. Martin, Kimberly M. Carlson, Uwe Rascher, & Peter M. Vitousek. (2006). Vegetation–Climate Interactions among Native and Invasive Species in Hawaiian Rainforest. Ecosystems. 9(7). 1106–1117. 47 indexed citations

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